Digital eyes to go down with the ship

Florida Keys News

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Digital eyes to go down with the ship

Scuttling of Vandenberg to be well documented

BY MANDY MILES Citizen Staff
mmiles@keysnews.com

While crews have been working to remove harmful materials from the 522-foot Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg before its final descent into 140 feet of water, professional photographers have been bringing material aboard the ship before it sinks.

Several groups are attaching high-tech digital camera equipment to record the ship's descent -- and to launch its next incarnation as an...

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So what about other professionals who wish to take photos

Submitted on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 8:39am by *.*

of the event? Why are we not allowed close enough to do so? Are we going to have to buy photos from the selected few?

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pictures

Submitted on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 9:27am

This is a dangerous operation! What part of public safety do you not understand? Maybe the should allow you to be onboard during the sinking!!

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i think its great

Submitted on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 12:27pm by meagain

i'm pretty sure that watching the sinking via the internet is not going to endanger the public.

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Public safety

Submitted on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 11:34am

So public safety does not pertain to everyone????

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Umm....I understand that part but still

Submitted on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 10:40am by *.*

a mile is a bit far for those of us who've supported this thing, who know boating and diving, and who wish to take our own pictures. We're not wanting to be beside it, but this one-mile thing is a bit over-the-top if you ask me. If you look at what was nearby when the Spiegel sunk and when the A Busch sunk, it was clearly NOT a one-mile perimeter and all seemed to survive.